meige
\mɛʒ\
The verdict
“meige” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Guérisseur, rebouteux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-meige · meige · French
meige · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meige |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛʒ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « meige » en français
Rare enough to double-check
meige is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
meige has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is meige, spelled M-E-I-G-E.
Definition
- 1Guérisseur, rebouteux.
- 2Mauvais médecin, charlatan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how meige appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les meiges et les charlatans sont les plus grands fléaux du peuple. Il est essentiel d’extirper ce fléau destructeur…
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.